Eric Pearson has Louisiana roots, but he found a little shack in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, to start his restaurant. Pearson's Crawdaddy's can hold around 20 people inside, with additional outdoor seating, and it's exactly how Pearson wants it: “I see us being the greatest little restaurant ever,” he says.
While customers might expect the restaurant to serve Creole fare, it is actually inspired by Pearson's love of New England-style food. And Pearson does it all—he takes the orders, cooks the food and washes the dishes. Everything on the menu is food that Pearson loves, and he wants everyone that comes to the restaurant to love it too. Always accommodating customers, he's known to prepare food by request.
Because it is just him, he puts board games out for people to play while they wait for him to cook up their meals. (Still, he says the wait doesn't stop anyone.) “Our biggest sellers are our lobster rolls and, believe it or not, our steak,” says Pearson. The lobster roll is made with only claw and leg meat—the sweetest part of the lobster—and is served on a light and fluffy potato roll.
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